Pros
Competitive pay and great benefits for the area. An industry-leading company with global recognition. Excellent focus on social and environmental responsibility.
Cons
Every single aspect of Hypertherm feels top-heavy. A flood of semi-qualified managers, decision-makers, and strategists create gridlock in actual decision-making and nothing gets done efficiently. While Hypertherm's strategy seems good on paper, in execution it is a cliquish, dysfunctional organization where no two managers speak the same "language" and they're all climbing over each other to get to the top of the ladder. The company seems to spend a lot of time touting its culture, values, and thought-leadership, but in my experience, they are very poor at practicing what they preach. Expectations are frequently unclear, goalposts move constantly, every detail of every project is decided by a revolving door of barely-interested leaders, resulting in a muddy and disappointing mess, lacking clear vision. In my own experience, communication is abysmal, unprofessional, and destructively dishonest, especially between managers and employees. Leaders will hire you for your "innovation" and a "fresh look" at how things are done, and then handcuff you with existing processes and norms, punishing any deviation from their own established thought process.